A pleasant enough rendering of middle-aged romance - and not without insights - but for me true-love stories have obstacles to overcome. I first thought Louis might be one, then I thought Thom might be one; hasn't turned out that way. This story needs more conflict to overcome the specter of bourgeois complacency. Darkness on the horizon, in other words.
Always good to hear from you, Bob my friend. And you have a point about more conflict. On the other hand, I'm reminded of what Harrison Ford said to Mark Hamill during the shooting of the first Star Wars movie: "It ain't that kinda movie, kid." Cheers! :)
O.K., I clearly didn't communicate well in my last reply. I'm not looking to bend any genres here, just to write a love story. These two people had their share of obstacles to having a relationship, and those are alluded to in the story, but such roadblocks are in the past. "Middle-aged romance" is quite a good description!
A pleasant enough rendering of middle-aged romance - and not without insights - but for me true-love stories have obstacles to overcome. I first thought Louis might be one, then I thought Thom might be one; hasn't turned out that way. This story needs more conflict to overcome the specter of bourgeois complacency. Darkness on the horizon, in other words.
Always good to hear from you, Bob my friend. And you have a point about more conflict. On the other hand, I'm reminded of what Harrison Ford said to Mark Hamill during the shooting of the first Star Wars movie: "It ain't that kinda movie, kid." Cheers! :)
OK, I'm no stranger to genre-bending- what kind of "movie" is it then?
O.K., I clearly didn't communicate well in my last reply. I'm not looking to bend any genres here, just to write a love story. These two people had their share of obstacles to having a relationship, and those are alluded to in the story, but such roadblocks are in the past. "Middle-aged romance" is quite a good description!